TSA threatens Texas over groping rules, Boeing can’t move 787 work from Italy, easyJet to test ash cloud effects
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Janice Hough notes that low-cost carrier, EasyJet, has started to accept standby passengers without the fees that we face here in the U.S.A. It seems simple, but this is one no-lose passenger service perk that U.S. carriers have abandoned.
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EasyJet, in Europe, is talking about a mileage-based system for luggage charges. Janice Hough asks, “Will the idea catch on here in the good old U.S.A.?”
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Easyjet to trial new weather radar, USAir/American can boost global link, Fuel-efficient engines could add weight
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Air France is planning to go head to head with Easyjet and Ryanair by inaugurating a low-cost network of domestic flights linking French cities. Air France has yet to comment. But its business model will make that Nice the base of operations and the airline won’t utilize Paris airports.
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Bankruptcies are still a fact of life in the airline industry. With global airlines reportedly losing $2 billion this past year, more bankruptcies are expected. Airline analysts are still predicting “consolidation” in the U.S. airline industry. The latest airline to be grounded is SkyEurope, which has been flying from Bratislava and Prague since 2002.
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A list of hotel record holders. Airline competition getting fierce in Europe. Lufthansa celebrates Octoberfest with Bavarian colors and music.
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Cash-strapped airlines are forever looking for new revenue sources. But no carrier in the U.S. to date has come up with an idea as inventive as European budget airline,easyJet — mile-high weddings. Well, six-mile-high weddings actually, over 30,000 feet above the ground. Performed during flight by the pilot.
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British Airways is ironing out their problems with their new terminal at Heathrow Airport. America’s first private commercial airport opens in Branson. And EasyJet looks into marriage flights.
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Here in the US we have faced a holiday season of delays and winter storms. Airlines are downsizing, hotels are facing low occupancy rates, the economy is slowing and travelers seem to be cutting back on vacation travel. In Europe the landscape is similar. Sometimes misery loves company.
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